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Many foreign software firms established offices in Thailand this year to capitalise on the country’s continuing digital transformation and to serve the demand of local enterprises.

Bangkok Post

TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia

JAKARTA: Short video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of United States dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security.

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Regional spending set to grow by 7%

Tech spending in Thailand and four other Southeast Asian economies is projected to grow 7% this year to approach US$47 billion, despite a number of challenges such as fragile post-pandemic supply chains, according to UK-based research and advisory firm Forrester.

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Bones, the 'Cave of the Monkeys' and 86,000 years of history: new evidence pushes back the timing of human arrival in Southeast Asia

In 2009, when our team first found a human skull and jaw bone in Tam Pà Ling Cave in northern Laos, some were sceptical of its origin and true age.

The Conversation

86,000-year-old human bone found in Laos cave hints at 'failed population' from prehistory

The discovery of a skull and shin bone fragment in a cave in Laos pushes back the earliest known date of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia.

LiveScience

FDI to fuel a China-Asean shared future

In 2013, President Xi Jinping announced an initiative for China to work with Asean countries for a 21st century Maritime Silk Road to build a closer China-Asean community with a shared future.

Bangkok Post

A swim for the sea

In late April, Psi Scott, a Scottish-Thai marine conservationist, along with 36 volunteers set a new record for Southeast Asia in a swimming relay of over 70km, crossing the Andaman Sea to raise awareness about marine conservation and plastic waste reduction. Psi also became the youngest swimmer to establish a…

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Bolt to invest B300m in local expansion

Estonian super-app Bolt is investing 300 million baht to strengthen its footprint in Thailand as part of its Southeast Asian growth strategy.

Bangkok Post

NEP Singapore Moves into New Connected Production Facility

New broadcast home offers expanded remote and centralized production solutions for broadcast partners in Southeast Asia and the Middle East

TV Tech

Malaysian island becomes first tourist destination in Southeast Asia to ban Airbnb

‘We believe that short-term rental should be regulated fairly and progressively to enable everyday Malaysians to share their homes,’ says accommodation platform

The Independent UK

Australia’s ties with Vietnam are important in their own right – not just in relation to the US and China

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s recent trip to Vietnam is a recognition that Australia’s relationship with the Southeast Asian nation is important on its own terms – not just in how it relates our broader relationships with the United States and China.

The Conversation

China scaling back spending in Southeast Asia, report says

Asian Development Bank and World Bank have overtaken China as top source of development funding, think tank says.

Al Jazeera

New Lowy South-East Asia Aid Map finds China overtaken as largest provider of development money in region

New research finds China has surrendered its position as the largest single provider of development finance in South-East Asia in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News

Asia synthetic drug trade expands, UN says

Trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia is surging, with new smuggling routes for methamphetamine emerging and ketamine production expanding, the United Nations said on Friday.

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UN anti-drug agency warns there is no let-up in methamphetamine trade from Asia's Golden Triangle

The United Nations anti-drug agency is warning that the huge trade in illegal drugs such as methamphetamine from Southeast Asia's ‘Golden Triangle’ shows no signs of slowing down

Al Jazeera

UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says almost 151 tonnes of methamphetamine seized in Southeast, East Asia in 2022.

The Hindu

Explained | China’s military diplomacy in Southeast Asia

China is expanding its military outreach to Southeast Asian countries.

Bangkok Post

China's largest EV maker eyes SE Asia dominance

BYD Co, China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, has begun to penetrate the Southeast Asian market to challenge the stronghold held by Japanese automakers in the region.

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Nam teams up with PTT for global expansion

Namwiwat Medical Corporation (Nam), a Thai sterilised medical equipment maker and seller, aims to become a key manufacturer on the global stage by partnering with national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc following a successful expansion in Southeast Asia.

The Conversation

NATO should tread carefully in Southeast Asia, where memories of colonialism linger

NATO’s incursion into the Indo-Pacific region is a move that will exacerbate regional conflicts and tensions. That’s because NATO cannot be separated from the history of European colonialism and imperialism that shaped modern Asia — and plays a major role in Chinese nationalism today.

Bangkok Post

Nam partners with PTT to drive global expansion

Bangkok Post

TrueMoney bullish on growth

Southeast Asia e-payment and financial service provider TrueMoney is aggressively expanding its services, with the aim of becoming a financial services super application.

The Canberra Times

The wait is over: Tiger Lane's hawker-inspired eateries open in the Canberra Centre

The hawker-inspired eateries offer signature pan-Asian flavours from Japan to South Korea, China and Southeast Asia.

Bangkok Post

More Thais open to buying battery-powered vehicles

Some 31% of Thais are projected to choose a battery electric vehicle (BEV) as their next vehicle, the highest proportion within Southeast Asia, although internal combustion engine-powered cars remain the leading vehicle of choice among consumers in the region, according to a survey by business advisory Deloitte Thailand.

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Travel notes

Cambodia, like many Southeast Asian countries, enjoyed a golden era of popular music during the 1950s and 1960s, when Phnom Penh, known as the "Pearl of the Orient" became an important cultural centre, a breading ground for the meeting of Western rock and pop and Cambodian music. Author Dee Peyok…

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